Detonating toy



Apfil 21, 1931. -r. J. DECK. SR

DETbNATING TOY Filed March 31, 1950 biz/r Jr Fatented Apr. 21', 1931 lfl I I I We e OF arthenw re 1 Application filed March 31, 1930. Seria1;I i"o 440, $59. f r

This invention relates to a detonating toy, 1O is formed on the-outer end of the cap to the general object of the invention being to receiveribbons 11 orthelike. I provide a toy which can be thrown against Thus the-wings 2 andtheribbon's cause.

a wall or the likeso as to, cause a cap carried the body to travel with the head 6 foremost 5 by the toy to explode or the device can be when the device is thrown into the air, and 6 thrown into the air, where it will be so conby placing caps 12 or the like between the trolled by means forming a part thereof that head andthfe forward end of thebody, said it will strike a pavement or the like when it caps will be exploded when'the head strikes returns to earth, so that the cap will be a wall or other surface, By exerting pres- 0 exploded. sure on the cap 7 the head is moved away This invention also consists in certain from the forwardend of the body so that other features of construction and in the comthe caps can be placed between the parts and bination and arrangement of the several when, when the pressure is released, the parts, to be hereinafter fully described, illusspring will draw the head against the caps 6 15 trated in the accompanying drawing and and thus hold themin place. 5 specifically pointed out in the appended In the modification shown in Figure 4, the claim. forward end of the body is formed with a In describing the invention in detail, refconcavity 3 and the head 6' is of spherical erence will be had to the accompanying shape so that a part thereof will fit in the 29 drawing wherein like characters denote like concavity. Thus the caps are placed between;

or corresponding parts throughout the sevthe head and the wall of the concavity when l vi w d'i whieh pressure is exerted upon the stem or the cap Figure 1 is an elevation of the device. carried thereby so that the detonating caps Figur 2 is a to l i the f, can be placed, between the spherical head 25 Figure 3 is a section on line 3-3 of Figand the forward end of the body. As before 75, ure 1. stated, when the device is thrown into space, V Figure 4: is a view similar to Figure 3, but it will travel along with the head foremost showing a modification. so that when the, head strikes a wall or other Figure 5 is a view showing another modiobject, the blow will explode the caps placed 9 fication. between the head and the forward end of the $0 In these views,-the numeral 1 indicates the body. If the device is thrown upwardly into body of the device which i of ubstantially the a1r, it will reverse itself after losing its circular shape in cross section and of elonmonelltum and P heasd fOIQmOSt ag in t gated form, with its rear end. f d ith a pavement or the like and explode the caps.

5, r the wings 2. The forward end of the body F g 5 ow the y f ed with a is of convex shape, as shown at 3, and th conical recess 3 and the head 6 has a conibody is provided with a bore 4 which passes al upp r part to fit 1n the recess and a semilongitudinally through the body to receive p rl l l w r par In other respects, th s the stem 5 of ahead 6, the head being rounded m of h 1I V 1 1 h same as that beas shown, and having a convex rear face to fore fi r h i conform to the concaved end of the body. It 1S h g from the foregoing descrip- A. cap 7 i threaded to the rear nd of th tion that the advantages and novel features stem and a spring Sis placed on the rear of the invention will be readily apparent.

formed in the rear part of the body and be made in the construction and in the com- 7 through which the stem passes. Apart of the bination and arrangement of the; several cap fits in the socket and the spring, bearing parts, provided that such changes fall within against the forward endof the socket and the scope of the appended claim. thecap, acts to hold the headagainst the for- What I claim is 5- V ward end of the body. Aperforated flat part A detonating toy comprising an elongate W part of the stem and is located in a socket 9 It is to be understood that changes may p body and having a bore extending therethrough from one end to the opposite end and a portion of said bore enlarged to provide a chamber and a shoulder within the body, a stem slidable in the bore and extending beyond the ends of the body, a head on one end of the stem to co-operate with one end of the body in exploding a cap when brought against an ob ect, tapering wings at the other end of the body, a member detachably and adjustably secured to the stem and artially received within the chamber, a spring between said member and shoulder to normally urge the head toward the respective end of the body, a flattened portion formed on the member and having an elongated eye, and a plurality of flexible strips secured to the eye to co-operate with the wings in causing the head to strike an object when the body is thrown through the air toward said object.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

THEODORE J. DECK, SR. 

